Licensed Victullers Doghouse Club Car Badge

Licensed Victullers Doghouse Club. This early 70's Renamel badge shows the link between the Licensed Victullers and a Dog kennel with feet sticking out. It was supposed to represent a Publican who had found a quiet place to sleep off the previous nights excess's Most Publicans kept a dog for guarding the premises, my Parents always had a dog throughout their 40 years in the trade. Most Pub's had Dog kennels, normally on the large size as a warning to would be thieves, but the majority of dogs spent their time indoors, especially at night. So the Dog Kennel was seen as a symbol of a safe place of refuse from the wife. Publicanesses were never seen as shrinking violets.